The Linux Foundation announced on Monday that it has added a two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism to the source code repositories housing the Linux kernel in an effort to improve access security for developers.
The Linux Foundation is strengthening the walls around the Linux kernel’s source code Git repositories.
Geohot’s newly released app for rooting Android devices, Towelroot, leverages a Linux vulnerability in the futex subsystem. Identified as CVE-2014-3153, the security flaw affects the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 and allows administrator privilege through a FUTEX_REQUEUE command. Linux has been patched against this issue, but vulnerable versions are powering many Android devices on the market, […]
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